MASS Design Group will host the Bridging Boundaries Special Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design in Albuquerque, NM on September 4-6, 2024. This event will convene mayors and Tribal leaders in the first-ever Special Session dedicated to supporting Native citizens across the urban-rural continuum. This session offers a unique and unprecedented opportunity for mayors and Tribal leaders to come together and discuss ways to bridge the gap between sovereign nations and municipal jurisdictions to better serve Native citizens.
Host
MASS Design Group was founded on the understanding that architecture’s influence reaches beyond individual buildings. MASS (Model of Architecture Serving Society) believes that architecture has a critical role to play in supporting communities to confront history, shape new narratives, collectively heal and project new possibilities for the future. MASS has a team of over 200 architects, landscape architects, engineers, builders, furniture designers, makers, writers, filmmakers, and researchers representing 20 countries across the globe. MASS is a nonprofit design firm that believes in expanding access to design that is purposeful, healing, and hopeful.
Mayors and Tribal Leaders
Albuquerque, NM Mayor Tim Keller (Host)
Caddo Nation Chairman Bobby Gonzalez
Flagstaff, AZ Mayor Becky Daggett
Gresham, OR Mayor Travis Stovall
Oklahoma City, OK Mayor David Holt
Tejon Indian Tribe Chairman Octavio Escobedo III
Resource Team
Dana Bourland | Senior Vice President, Environment and Strategic Initiatives, JPB Foundation, New York, NY
Chris Calott | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Lydia Hausle | Senior Transportation Planner, Boston Planning & Development Agency, Boston, MA
Sam Olbekson | Principal, Full Circle Planning & Design, Minneapolis, MN
Michaela Shirley | Program Manager, UNM Indigenous Design + Planning Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Shyla Spicer | President & CEO, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, Portland, OR
Audrey West | Principal & Director of Landscape Architecture, MIG, Seattle, WA